Woman charged in riot case

Wednesday

Feb 19, 2014 at 7:00 PMFeb 19, 2014 at 7:07 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

A second woman charged with a riot count in a June 17 knife assault that drew a crowd outside an Adrian apartment building was arraigned Wednesday in Lenawee County District Court. Vanessa Ashlyn Suarez, 21, of Elgin, Ill., also faces a felonious assault charge.

Suarez is accused of acting with Marylou Pena, 22, of Adrian to create a riot at Pena’s home in Maple Village Apartments and with assaulting a man with a knife. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of a stab wound after Adrian police arrived at the apartment complex on South Main Street.

Three men were surrounded by a crowd and assaulted after Pena ordered them to leave a party at her apartment, according to Adrian police. Pena was charged in July.

Suarez was arraigned by video from the Lenawee County Jail, where she remains in lieu of a $50,000 bond pending a March 3 hearing. The riot charge carries a maximum 10-year prison term.